DC’s Air & Space Museum to Reopen With T-38 Exhibit Honoring ‘Jackie’ Cochran Oct. 7, 2022 | By Chris Gordon When the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., reopens to the public Oct. 14, it will showcase a T-38 Talon for the first time. The venerable trainer gets a place in the museum thanks to aviation pioneer Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran.